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    why does smoke come from tell-tail

    I seen a guy yesterday with a boat that i had seen on e-bay. i asked him if he got it on there and he said yes while going by me on the lake. my brother told hey check it out he has a tail pipe on the side of his OB. I told him that is suppose to have water pissing out of it not smoke. what...
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    clams need help please

    Clams i read your procedure on sinc&link and i am gonna try it this weekend. i cant quite under stand the seloc way. yours sound so much easier but i have a question I have a 1987 classic fifty 45 hp merc ob. could you tell me if it's a direct charge cross flow or a regular cross flow and what...
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    can you tell me what year and hp this merc ob is

    the serial # is 0B159797 four cyl electric start they told me it was a 45 hp 1987. i am trying to set the timing and synchronizing on it but i cant figure out the model it is so i can look it up in mt seloc manual. would it be the model 45 since 1986 settings I should use?
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    engine stalls if sitting in idle

    I finally got everything back together on my engine. i replaced the switch box and stator. i finally got time this weekend to take it out to the lake to see what it will do. we had been starting it and letting it run in in a tank of water and it was running great at idle so we took it out on the...
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    installing new switch box and stator, any advise?

    well i am gonna install my new switch box and stator on my 45 hp this weekend do you guy's have any advise or tips that will help me. those parts cost me alot of money and the last thing i wont to do is mess them up by not installing them properly. I have a seloc manual, but i just want to see...
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    a Q For all techs

    I know some of you guys read my problem i had with my boat at a repair shop. how they charged me for carb work that was supposed to fix the problem i was having with my boat not wanting to start or run, and only to fiend out it was something totally different,(no spark) that they did not even...
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    when carb is leaking?

    I have the top carb on my mercury leaking at the throttle shaft that goes down to the bottom carb. I was told it is worn and it cant be fixed and i should buy a new one is this true?
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    what boat engine parts company are out there?

    I was wondering if you could give a name of a manufacture that makes engine parts for mercury OB besides quicksilver. I am looking for a stator kit and a switch box for my mercury engine
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    what would be a good engine ?

    I'm just wondering what would be a good make and model for a 17ft basstracker boat there's some lakes over here in Ca that do not allow old two strokes in them. I would like to change the engine out some day so that i could be able to hit all the lakes.
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    problem with repair shop

    I took my boat to a local repair shop to see why it would not stay running. i rebuilt the fuel pump like you guys told me to, but still it would not stay running over 5 seconds. you guys told me i need to rebuild the carbs. I never had much luck with that so i decided to let the pros take care...
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    ignition problem

    I finally got my tell-tale to work, but now the motor wont stay running. U think the kill switch is not working, on the throttle box . its a 87 basstacker with a merc engine. I had problems with it yesterday then it started. but today it wont. it sounds like it wants to fire up but then its...
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    another qusestion about Mercury water pump

    I have a 87 mercury 50 HP classic fifty on my 87 basstracker. I just bought it last month and i could not get water to pump out the, I believe you call it a tell-tale pipe. I removed the lower unit and took the cover off the water pump and replaced the impeller and the two gaskets with the metal...
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